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Patented Mar.2'7, 1883,

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. THOMPSON, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DRESS- PILLOW.

srncrrrcarron forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,673, dated March27, 1883.

- Application filed October 13, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE W. THOMPSON, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of NewYork, have,invented a new and usefulImprovement in Dress-Pillows; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear,

and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in dress-pillows or shampillows, such as are placed upon the bed in the day-time to present amore ornamental appearance than that presented by the ordinary pillows,and which are removed when the bed is to be used. My said invention moreparticularly relates to the consham holder composed of a frame of sheetmetal or wire-gauze, rounded at its sides and corners and covered withticking or canvas, upon which is' laid a packing of cotton-batting orsimilar material, and the whole covered with a suitable fabric torepresent a pillow and to receive the sham or ornamental cover-let, allas hereinafter particularly set forth and described; and it furtherconsists in theimproved construction and combination of parts, ashereinafter particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel represents a plan view of myimproved shamholder complete and ready to receive the sham orornamentalcoverlet; Fig. 2, a plan view with parts removed to show theconstruction of the same, and Fig. 3 a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the severalfigures.

it represents a frame of tin orwire-gauze or similar light material,which will not readily dent, but which, (in being pressed, will resumeits original form when the pressure is removed. This framea is roundedat its sides and corners, as shown, so that in form it resembles apillow. Over the open space I) of this I frame is stretched and secureda covering, 0, of ticking or canvas, and upon that is laid a packing ofcotton-batting, d, or similar material,to afford a soft and yieldingsurface, the whole being inclosed within an outer covering, m, of cottonor linen cloth, or other suitable textile fabric, to resemble a pillowin appearance. This latter is stretched over the under edges of theframe Ct, and maybe secured in any suitable manner; but the preferredmode is to clamp it by means of a rectangular wooden frame, 19, whichfits closely inside of the frame a. This frame 11 also serves to keepthe frame 0b in proper form.

' The special advantages secured by my improvement are, first. that theframe a, when made of the material and in the form described, can bemade to exactly resemble the contour of a pillow, and will retain itsproper form for an indefinite period; secondly, the structure is verylight, and a number of the holders can be packed into a very smallcompass when not in use; and, thirdly, the sham holder constructed asdescribed is comparatively inexpensive. I

I am aware of the sham pillow described in Letters Patent No. 172,859,consisting of a shell composed of a wooden frame and a series of wirescovered with a textile fabric; but that I do not claim, but herebydisclaim that construction.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A dress-pillow or sham holder composed of a frame, a, of sheet metal or wire-gauze, rounded at its sidesand corners, as shown and described, and provided with a covering, 0, ofticking or canvas, a packing, d, of cottonbatting or similar material,and an outer covering, m, of suitable textile fabric to resemble apillow, the whole being constructed and arranged as and for the purposesset forth.

GEORGE W. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

J OHN S. THORNTON, M. H. TOPPING.

2. In a dress-pillow or sham holder, the com-

